What is the difference between these sentences? I read that all of them can be used in the same situation. So which to choose?
When I was young I used to live in a house.
When I was young I lived in ...

“I’m afraid I’ll have to take it away when you’ve finished”
Is this good English? Shouldn't we use simple present tense in "when" clause when the main sentence is simple future tense? Is “I’m afraid ...

In an short story- which tense suits better? Will my writing in the next line depend on which one I choose? For ex.
It was raining last night. Now a little girl was walking along the street....
It had ...

I was wondering, can you say ''You could have seemed [...]'', like... you didn't seem too intelligent but you could have seemed so had you quoted... Cioran, for example. I'm yet to encounter this form ...

I am writing a recommendation for a project. My recommendation may or may not be followed, so I have been using conditional present throughout.
Examples:
The module would be responsible for ...
The ...

I have been asking a lot about optional back shifting. I understand that if what is said is still true at the time of reporting then back shifting of tense is optional. I just have one doubt. If what ...

I'm an undergraduate student. Today, I was writing an email to my department's undergrad adviser to request a meeting to discuss what I will study next year. When I began to write the email, I wrote
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I am a new member on this site. So please guide me somewhere else if I post anything incorrect.
I have been working on these two sentence corrections that ask about Present Perfect, Past Perfect and ...

Could anyone tell me that if the sentence "There was a rumor that Citibank is in debt." is grammatically correct ?
Please advise me. Some say it is correct while others say it is ungrammatical. I'm ...